Pikes Peak Marathon

Overview

In order to cut down on congestion in the early parts of the race, runners are placed into small starting waves that will leave at assigned times. In order to seed runners into an appropriate starting wave, you may (optionally) submit the results of a previous race or run that we can then use to estimate your time to reach the summit. 

Note that all submitted times will be verified by the registrar. If we are unable to validate your wave placement time, we will attempt to contact you via the email address you used for registration. 

If you have several possible events to choose from, you may go to this site to see which one would put you in the earliest possible starting wave. 

If you do not have a result to submit for placement in an earlier starting wave, simply select "None" when asked during registration.  You have until August 1st to update your entry if you wish to be placed in an earlier starting wave, otherwise you will be seeded into one of the later starting waves. 

 

Permitted Start Wave Event Categories

Pikes Peak Ascent or Marathon 

Recent Pikes Peak times:

• You have completed the Pikes Peak Ascent or Pikes Peak Marathon in the past 4 years (2021+) with a time under the cutoff of 6:30:00 for the Ascent or 10:00:00 for the Marathon. Your fastest Ascent time in the past 4 years is used for wave placement purposes. 

Older Pikes Peak times:

• You have previously finished either the Ascent or Marathon but have not done so in the past 4 years, we will use your most recent Ascent or Marathon time for wave placement purposes. 

Barr Trail Mountain Race

• You may use a previous Barr Trail Mountain Race time if you have completed the BTMR in under 4:00:00 in the past 4 years (2021+). 

Full Marathon

• You may use a Marathon Distance (26.2 miles) race or run as a qualifier if you have completed the event within the last 3 years (Jan 1st, 2022 or newer). 

 

Ultra / Trail / Other

To use an Ultra, Trail, or Other event as a qualifier, you must have competed in an organized race on or after Jan 1st, 2022 that meets one of the event type as outlined below. The race must have been a permitted event that is open to the public and the results must be recorded and publicly posted by the race organizer. 

Event Type - Any running event that meets at least one of the following criteria may be used as a qualifier: 

• Any race over 26.2 miles
• Any trail race over 10 miles on predominantly unimproved dirt trails (no concrete paths, dirt roads, rails to trails, or similar)
• Any race where there is at least 4,000ft between the lowest point on the course and the highest point on the course and you travel from lowest point to highest point.
• Any Xterra "Long", Half Ironman (70.3), or longer Triathlons

 

Self-Timed

• A self-timed qualifier consists of completing a 10 mile or longer run. 
• The qualifying run must be from January 1, 2024 or newer.
• There are no restrictions on the surface or elevation gain/loss. 
• For a self-timed run, the run must be done outdoors and recorded with a GPS enabled device or smartphone.
• Time counted is the overall elapsed time. 
• Provide the share link from Strava, Garmin Connect, or other system you used to record the run when registering. 
• There are no adjustments made for course difficulty. (e.g., the R2R or self-timed Ascent may be used but we will treat it like it was a flat course)